View Single Post
Unread 01/21/2018, 01:14 PM   #4443
REEF DIVA
Registered Member
 
REEF DIVA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 52
Are these pictures showing dinoflagellates?

CLJ94104:

The picture of the rock does look like dinoflagellates. To be sure, you might want to go ahead and treat the tank for cyanobacteria. I prefer using chemiclean and you can even use it at less than full strength with good results in a reef tank. I have used it at half the normal dosage but in this case I would use 75% the normal dosage for 1 week, then hit the protein skimmer to get it all out. Make sure you treat the tank with the UV and skimmer off for 1 week. After a few days, a strong skimmer should have removed most of the chemiclean. It really makes the skimmer foam up when you first turn it back on so your skimmer will overflow if not dialed back down.

Also I have a friend who had rock very similar in appearance to yours in his 600 gallon reef. He went out and bought a bunch of turbo snails. He bought various kinds and they really did the trick in mowing the stuff down.

Good luck!


REEF DIVA is offline   Reply With Quote